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The Cement Garden

"Love knows no limits."

1993-02-20
6.79
en 105m
Drama
After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.

Director

Andrew Birkin

Novel

Ian McEwan

Writer

Andrew Birkin

Production Design

Bernd Lepel

Art Direction

Amanda Grenville

Costume Design

Bernd Lepel

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Status

Released

Revenue

$322,975

Countries

  • France
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • Laurentic Film Productions
  • Torii Production
  • ZDF
  • Constantin Film

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